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Understanding .htaccess attacks – Part 1

27
May
2011

Attackers have been using the .htaccess file for a while. They use this file to hide malware, to redirect search engines to their own sites (think blackhat SEO), and for many other purposes (hide backdoors, inject content, to modify the php.ini values, etc).Why do they use the .htaccess file? For multiple reasons. First, the .htaccess […]

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Defending SEO with Layered Protection

13
May
2011

The use of search engine optimisation (SEO) in malware distribution has been discussed many times on this blog. In most cases, the attacks are used to redirect unsuspecting users to scareware (fake anti-virus) sites, where they are tricked into installing fake AV. The attacks have historically been Windows-specific, but recently we have seen the attackers […]

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